蛇,俗名长虫。身体细长,有鳞,无四肢,属爬行类动物。远古洪荒时代,蛇类一族,可能有过鼎盛时期。那时人烟稀少,森林植被茂盛,适于蛇类等爬行动物栖息与生活。成语中“画蛇添足、杯弓蛇影、毒如蝎蛇、虎头蛇尾”等词语产生久远,均与蛇有关。唐代散文大家柳宗元在《捕蛇者说》中详细介绍了蛇的种类、性能及捕蛇的艰辛。当时,他被朝廷贬到广西永州,根据当地见闻,写下了著名的《永州八记》和《捕蛇者说》等游记散文。 Snake, common name long worm. Slender body, scales, no limbs, is a reptile. Ancient prehistoric era, snakes, may have had their heyday. Sparsely populated at that time, lush forests, suitable for snakes and other reptiles habitat and life. Idioms “snakes, foot bow snake shadow, poisonous, such as Scorpio snake, snake tail” and other words have a long history, are related to the snake. Liu Zongyuan, a prose in the Tang Dynasty, described in detail the types and properties of snakes and the hardships of snake hunting in “The Snake Saying”. At that time, he was deposed by the court Yongzhou, Guangxi, according to local knowledge, wrote the famous “Yongzhou eight minds” and “snake say” and other travel essays.